Aircraft Yearbook, 30 volume set, 1919-1946 + 1951 & 1953 by Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce

Published for Headquarters, Army Air Force- Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training. October 1944. Bound in colour imprinted, pin perforated wrappers. 4to. Classified "Restricted" and marked as such on each page. Profusely illustrated throughout by colour and monochrome photographs, drawings, schematics, diagrams, foldout charts, etc. Exhaustive in both scope and illustration, this manual details every system comprising the B-24 including: Fuselage, engines, electrical systems, armaments, empennage, etc. An impressive piece of military history. Edges of covers chipped. Covers lightly soiled. Repaired Spine strip heavily chipped with several tiny portions lacking (not impacting tightness of binding). Several small numbers in red pencil to front cover. A Very Good, tight, well preserved copy.

Buffalo. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation. 1917. Bound in imprinted green cloth over boards. Thin 8vo (5"x8"). The First Edition. Illustrated with diagrams, 3 of which are fold-outs,detailing the specs and assembly instructions for the airplane.Laid-into volume are two Request for Transportation receipts issued by the U.S. War Department and a period Morse Code Pocket Signal Disk. The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series (the common nickname was derived from "JN") was originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S. Army, the "Jenny" continued post-World War I as a civil aircraft as it became the "backbone of American post-war [civil] aviation.Thousands of surplus Jennys were sold at bargain prices to private owners in the years after the War and became central to the… Read More

Atlanta:: Turner Publishing Inc,, 1994.. First Printing of the First Edition.. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Alan Shepard has signed a bookplate afixed to the half title. Astronauts Shepard and Slayton tell the compelling story of America's race to the Moon, beginning in 1961 when Shepard became the first American to fly in space and ending on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. The roots of the first Moon landing are found in the Mercury Program where seven astronauts lead the way to the first Moon landing and those that followed.

A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed "To Chuck, Alan Shepard" on titlepage. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century's greatest feat—landing humans on another world. Collaborating with NBC's veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America's space exploration from the time of Shepard's first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.

Chicago, IL: Max Rigo, 1911. Folding panoramic postcard (290 x 195 mm). Professionally mounted, gazed, and framed using archival materials. Composite photographic image depicting the Chicago lakefront and early planes. The sender's and receiver's details filled out in black ink, and four landmarks noted on the image in the same hand. Marks from stamp, some toning and spotting of the verso, creasing and wear, particularly near the original folds (which are fragile) and at the corners and slightly affecting the image, small tape repair to one corner on the verso. Very good condition. A striking, oversized panoramic postcard photomontage depicting one of the most important aviation events prior to the First World War, the August 1911 International Aviation Meet at Grant Park in Chicago. The Chicago meet was the largest airshow held up to that time, only eight years after the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers. Over the course of nine days thirty-three amateur and professional aviators… Read More

Published for Headquarters, Army Air Force- Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training. October 1944. Bound in colour imprinted, pin perforated wrappers. 4to. Classified "Restricted" and marked as such on each page. Profusely illustrated throughout by colour and monochrome photographs, drawings, schematics, diagrams, foldout charts, etc. Exhaustive in both scope and illustration, this manual details every system comprising the B-24 including: Fuselage, engines, electrical systems, armaments, empennage, etc. An impressive piece of military history. Edges of covers chipped. Covers lightly soiled. Repaired Spine strip heavily chipped with several tiny portions lacking (not impacting tightness of binding). Several small numbers in red pencil to front cover. A Very Good, tight, well preserved copy.

Buffalo. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation. 1917. Bound in imprinted green cloth over boards. Thin 8vo (5"x8"). The First Edition. Illustrated with diagrams, 3 of which are fold-outs,detailing the specs and assembly instructions for the airplane.Laid-into volume are two Request for Transportation receipts issued by the U.S. War Department and a period Morse Code Pocket Signal Disk. The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series (the common nickname was derived from "JN") was originally produced as a training aircraft for the U.S. Army, the "Jenny" continued post-World War I as a civil aircraft as it became the "backbone of American post-war [civil] aviation.Thousands of surplus Jennys were sold at bargain prices to private owners in the years after the War and became central to the… Read More

Atlanta:: Turner Publishing Inc,, 1994.. First Printing of the First Edition.. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Alan Shepard has signed a bookplate afixed to the half title. Astronauts Shepard and Slayton tell the compelling story of America's race to the Moon, beginning in 1961 when Shepard became the first American to fly in space and ending on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. The roots of the first Moon landing are found in the Mercury Program where seven astronauts lead the way to the first Moon landing and those that followed.

A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Inscribed "To Chuck, Alan Shepard" on titlepage. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and the space race was born. Desperate to beat the Russians into space, NASA put together a crew of the nation's most daring test pilots: the seven men who were to lead America to the moon. The first into space was Alan Shepard; the last was Deke Slayton, whose irregular heartbeat kept him grounded until 1975. They spent the 1960s at the forefront of NASA's effort to conquer space, and Moon Shot is their inside account of what many call the twentieth century's greatest feat—landing humans on another world. Collaborating with NBC's veteran space reporter Jay Barbree, Shepard and Slayton narrate in gripping detail the story of America's space exploration from the time of Shepard's first flight until he and eleven others had walked on the moon.

Les Chasseurs Japonais De La Deuxieme Guerre Mondiale, Collection Docavia Volume 7 - Millot (1977 Hardcover w/DJ)
Collection Docavia Volume 7, editions LARIVIERE (Paris) copyright 1977; written in French. Protective mylar cover has swirl-marks. Dust jacket is yellowing on the spine and has a square tanning/yellowing impression on the rear of the cover. Black hardcover shows minor shelf-wear. No writing or markings and several foldouts included throughout the volume. Overall, it is in Very Good Plus (VG+) condition.